Myrtle’s Reviews > No Sweetness Here and Other Stories > Status Update

Also, I mistakenly read ahead, IM FINISHED?

Other Versions was sublime. AAA can write about motherhood!

Something to talk about on the way to the funeral was piping, hot tea. I love these lighter reads. I’ll stop rating them individually actually I lied ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I will give The Late Bud - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 sooo close to 5 stars. As a fellow labelled as lazy child for wanting to play this was real. AAA does motherhood and parent/child relationships so well. This is definitely one I wish I could continue to follow.

You can’t force a leopard to change its spots, Two Sisters was a lighter, even comedic entry. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Gift from Somewhere ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was a surprise gem and what a direct contrast to No Sweetness Here. As one child dies unexpectedly, one lives unexpectedly. AAA is masterful, truly. Motherhood is such a prevailing theme that she covers so well.

“He popped it into his mouth and his tongue received the bitter piece of fruit with the eagerness of a lover.”

“He is angry with shame.”

“ I saw the highest castles I had built for him come tumbling down, noiselessly and swiftly.”

“When flour is scattered in the sand, who can sift it?

No Sweetness Here, drilled two large holes in my heart and tugged at its strings.

Choice quotes: His eyes were of the kind that always remind one of a long dream on a hot afternoon”

“Chicha, our people say a bad marriage kills the soul. Mine is fit for burial.”

That was devastating.

I can’t say I understood all of the story but funny. ⭐️⭐️